US Patent Issued to G & W Electric on July 14 for "Peer-to-peer modular automation scheme" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,921, issued on July 14, was assigned to G & W Electric Co. (Bolingbrook, Ill.).

"Peer-to-peer modular automation scheme" was invented by Nicholas Carmine DiFonzo (Des Plaines, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, an automation controller includes an electronic processor, a memory, a first peer messaging interface configured to connect to a first peer device, a second peer messaging interface configured to connect to a second peer device, and an input/output interface. The electronic processor is configured to receive, via the input/output interface, an interrupter status signal, and to transmit, via the first or second...